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21. Add MS 88931/1/3/14

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Title:
'Titus in Umbra' (Gormenghast chapters 1-7)
Scope & Content:
Comprises: typescript leaves entitled 'Titus in Umbra', with handwritten revisions and additional handwritten leaves; autograph draft of poem 'White Mules at Prayer'; typewritten letter [from Peake's typist Hilda Neal], dated 5 July 1948, with conclusion of Chapter 7 in Peake's hand on reverse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1948
Extent:
1 file

22. Add MS 88931/1/3/15

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Title:
'Titus in Umbra: The Earl and the Cockatrice' (Gormenghast chapters 14-36)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in various colour inks and pencil, with extensive authorial revisions. Holes punched into front cover spelling out 'Titus'. Supplementary leaves with additions and revisions pasted in, manuscript and typescript. Text for chapters 15-17 does not follow the same order as the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1948-Oct 1948
Extent:
1 volume

23. Add MS 88931/1/3/16

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Title:
Loose Leaves: 'When Irma returned to her guests...'
Scope & Content:
Foolscap additional leaves accompanying autograph manuscript Add MS 88931/1/3/15. Sketch of Irma Prunesquallor holding a flower in ink on f.3v (originally marked as p.267).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file

24. Add MS 88931/1/3/17

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 36-38)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. Dated Christmas Eve 1948. Drawings in ink include: f.4: head [Bellgrove?]; f.11: Bellgrove; f.23: primitive creature; winged creature wearing pointed hat next to a tree, island in the background; f.24v: man and child viewing giant horse on museum plinth; f.26: margin doodle of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1948-Mar 1949
Extent:
1 volume

25. Add MS 88931/1/3/18

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Title:
'Titus' (Gormenghast chapters 38-50)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in ink, with authorial revisions. Dated 2 April 1949, 6.25am, Sark. At the end of the manuscript there are: nonsense poems with accompanying illustrations: 'Have a pear' (f.71v) and 'Little spider' (f.72); character notes on Titus, Fuchsia, the Cockatrice and Steerpike (f.77...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1949-Jun 1949
Extent:
1 volume

26. Add MS 88931/1/3/19

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 51-66)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft with additional leaves pasted in. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on plot, ideas for titles and dust-jackets and a list of childhood influences [presumably in preparation for autobiography - see Add MS 88931/6]. There are drafts of poems 'As the kite that soars on the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1949-Jul 1949
Extent:
1 volume

27. Add MS 88931/1/3/20

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Title:
'Labyrinth' (Gormenghast chapters 67-75)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. 'Notes on final chapters' on f.26. Lists of possible titles on f.73. Dated 29 July 1949, Sark. Drawings in ink include: f.9: bird flying; f.30: male figure [Bright Carver?]; f.43: boy with arrow and Native American headdress; f.69v: the Thing holding a bird (full...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1949-Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

28. Add MS 88931/1/3/21

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Title:
'Titus in Chaos' (Gormenghast chapters 76-77)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Written in Sebastian Peake's school jotter. Sketch of baby [Clare Peake?] in ink (f.25v). Sketch of male character's head [Muzzlehatch?] and figure leaning on f.ii. Dated 5 August 1949, Sark.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

29. Add MS 88931/1/3/22

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 77-78)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft, in ink. Sketch diagrams of Titus and Steerpike in the flood (ff.25-26). Dated 13 August 1939, Sark.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

30. Add MS 88931/1/3/23

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 78-80)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. Dated 16 August.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug [1949]
Extent:
1 volume